Hetalia: Not like Star Wars.

yuletide is the community for a huge annual fic exchange that works like a Secret Santa. The focus is on obscure fandoms, and for many years the mods have had the final say on what is and is not eligible. While working out some kinks in a brand new automated system, they posted a non-final list of the fandoms nominated that were eligible for this year. Now, there's a whole ton of wank about that, but I'm focusing on a specific complaint. One that dips its toes in the realms of unfunny.

vom_marlowe is very unhappy with Hetalia being on the eligible list. Not just because it's popular, but because "Third, Hetalia is the fandom where a bunch of fans stood in public at a convention this April and sieg heiled Hitler. It made the news.

This is not like having Star Wars accidentally added. The fans sieg heiled Hitler. Yes, I find the addition of Hetalia particularly upsetting."

Nevermind that what members of a fandom have done has no bearing on its Yuletide eligibility.

ETA: A mod has frozen

vom_marlowe's thread.

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	lady_ganesh 2010-11-12 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair, those jerkwads could've come from the Yuletide comm too. I mean, Hetalia is deeply important stuff. How dare anyone insult it! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

octopedingenue
2010-11-13 02:37 am UTC (link)

I didn't say anything about where the trolls came from; I said they're jerkasses. Regardless of origin, linking to fandom_wank still breaks its Rule #3.

Hetalia is not deeply important stuff, BUT insulting it was an inflammatory rhetorical fallacy in the original debate (big fandoms slipping onto the list due to questionable Yuletide modding), BUT that doesn't invalidate vom_marlowe's argument (questionable Yuletide modding), BUT because all attention is now on the inflammatory statement instead, the original argument is lost.

Trolling vom_marlowe's personal journal was still completely unwarranted; the trolls are in the wrong and are jerkasses.

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	lady_ganesh 2010-11-13 02:48 am UTC (link)
	Oh, yeah, blaming the stupid fans for something was...well, stupid. I'm just boggled by the people who run to the barricades to defend it so passionately. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lady_ganesh 2010-11-13 02:50 am UTC (link)
	(The bafflement is not confined to Hetalia.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	octopedingenue 2010-11-13 02:52 am UTC (link)
	I was about to say...! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lady_ganesh 2010-11-13 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I posted that and was like, 'wait, that sounds completely not like what I meant!' (Reply to this)(Parent)

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